Lahore police arrest key suspect in Azeri woman's gang-rape case
LAHORE: Police on Monday arrested one of the three suspects who allegedly gang-raped a foreign woman in Lahore. The 20-year-old Azeri woman had travelled to Pakistan for business purposes and was allegedly gang-raped by three men in a rented flat of a private housing society located near Raiwind on the night between Friday and Saturday. Lahore Deputy Inspector General (Investigation) Zeeshan Raza…
On Monday, police in Lahore arrested one of three suspects accused of gang-raping an Azeri woman. The 20-year-old woman, who had visited Pakistan for business, was allegedly assaulted in a rented flat near Raiwind on the night of Friday and Saturday. Deputy Inspector General (Investigation) Zeeshan Raza confirmed the arrest and stated that two other suspects were being sought.
The woman's medical report confirmed the sexual assault. Police had previously requested federal authorities to place the names of the prime suspects on the Provisional National Identification List, as they had fled Lahore after the incident. Two close relatives and a domestic servant of one suspect were also taken into custody.
The vehicle used in the assault was seized. Earlier, the woman provided her statement to a judicial magistrate at Cantonment Courts, a process that lasted over an hour. This is the second such case in the Defence C police station area within the last four months; in June, two foreign women – one from the Netherlands and one from Venezuela – were allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted in the same area.
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